' The Sims is made by a diverse team for a diverse audience, and it's really important to us that players are able to be creative and express themselves through our games,' Maxis said in its announcement post. Voices, walking styles, clothing, accessories, and physiques can now be applied to men and women however users see fit. That changed on Thursday with an official unlocking of The Sims 4's customization options to all grown-up Sims. The only major exception at this point has been a delineation between the series' three types of Sims-men, women, and children-in terms of 3D character rendering. The Sims game series has typically offered a ridiculous number of options for how its virtual denizens live, work, play, and love-and it has never shied away from political blowback in the 'love' category.
